constituteproject.org PDF generated: 18 Apr 2016, 15:22 TITLE IV: OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL Article 208 An Economic and Social Council is instituted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Article 209 The Economic and Social Council has the mission to give its consultative advice on the economic and social questions submitted to it by the President of the Republic, the National Assembly, the Senate and the Government. It can, on its own initiative, bring the attention of the Government and of the Provinces to the reforms which appear to it as favorable to the economic and social development of the country. Article 210 An organic law determines the organization and the functioning of the Economic and Social Council. TITLE V: OF THE INSTITUTIONS IN SUPPORT OF DEMOCRACY Chapter 1: Of the Independent National Electoral Commission • Electoral commission Article 211 An Independent National Electoral Commission is instituted with juridical personality. The Independent National Electoral Commission is responsible for the organization of the electoral process, notably of the registration of the electors, of the maintenance of the electoral list [fichier électoral], the operations of the vote, of the counting and of any referendum. It assures the regularity of the electoral and referendum process. An organic law establishes the organization and the functioning of the Independent National Electoral Commission. Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 2005 (rev. 2011) Page 61